Around 3 years ago, I walked into the AT&T store, looking to replace my Blackberry.
The first thing they did is completely dismiss Blackberry....yes, they had one on display, but made it clear that I didn’t want it.
Ok.
Then the sales pitch went something like this: Since you’re using a Blackberry, a Smartphone may be too much for you to handle, so why don’t you try out this Windows phone, which is easier for you to ‘understand’.
I went with Samsung.
But the point is, the AT&T store was portraying the Windows phone as a lesser device, to be used by the less tech savvy. I immediately didn’t want it...and I’m not surprised it hasn’t done well.
I’m the “proud” owner of a windows phone (company issued). Actually I’m on #4. The first one misbehaved so much and so badly that I ran over it with my car. The 2nd one would randomly shut down and finally wouldn’t restart. #3 would randomly shutdown and would also freeze up forcing me to remove the battery in order to reboot. So far #4 is behaving itself (I kept a picture of #1 so #4 would know its fate should it mess with me).
I wonder what sort of Piece~o~Crap they plan on giving us next?
I gotta say Microsoft deserved this. They had a new operating system that was getting a lot of buzz coming out on a premiere Lumia phone and what did they do? Made it exclusive to AT&T. Dumb move.
I wanted to change the picture on my Twitter account, but the picture was on my computer. So I copied the picture into the cloud folder and, boom, there it was on my phone.
I own a 920 and a 520. I wish I could afford a 1020.